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a competitive environment where schools compete for students rather than the other way around, gives every child from the inner city of washington to the streets of los angeles, an equal chance at a greater debt any. -- greater destiny. one of our priorities in the house will be to move heaven and earth to fix our education system for the most vulnerable. when those children graduate from high school we must expand their choices and college has got to be an option. in 1980, the average cost of college was roughly $8,000 a year. today it's over 20,000. and less than 60% of the students who enroll in a four-year program graduate within six years. clearly something is broken. now, according to president obama's former jobs council, by 2020 there will be a million and a half jobs without the college graduates to fill them. while there is persistent unmet demands of four to five hundred thousand job next the healthcare sector alone. recent reports indicate that there are not enough skilled applicants to fill the jobs in the booming natural gas industry. now, suppose college is provided pr
a competitive environment where schools compete for students rather than the other way around, gives every child from the inner city of washington to the streets of los angeles, an equal chance at a greater debt any. -- greater destiny. one of our priorities in the house will be to move heaven and earth to fix our education system for the most vulnerable. when those children graduate from high school we must expand their choices and college has got to be an option. in 1980, the average cost of...
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that is the best, most stable environment for children. if marriage was solely about the relationship between two people, we would not bother to enshrine in law, nor would every culture and society and religion for thousands of years investors so much importance because it is about protecting the future. marriage then it's not about me, me, me. it is not about my race, not about my relationships being legally facilitated. it is about a secure environment for creating and raising children based on my phone commitments and exclusivity. marriage is also profoundly pro-woman since it is generally man who is a great propensity to wander off into other relationships. women in general that early left holding the baby. we have to get away from it to ever on life can be forced through merciless present of a quality. i'm a conservative. i do believe we should be concerned with the quality, but not the expense of every other consideration, not the extensive tradition. we should be in the business of protecting institutions and cultural heritage, othe
that is the best, most stable environment for children. if marriage was solely about the relationship between two people, we would not bother to enshrine in law, nor would every culture and society and religion for thousands of years investors so much importance because it is about protecting the future. marriage then it's not about me, me, me. it is not about my race, not about my relationships being legally facilitated. it is about a secure environment for creating and raising children based...
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as i said going forward, we intend to adapt the security environment, to ensure that we're better positioned and prepared to support the department of state, in securing our facilities around the world. but in order to be able to effectively protect the american and our interests abroad, at time type instability, we must have an agile and ready force, able to quickly respond, and above all, and forgive me for being repetitious -- we have got to end the cloud of budget uncertainty that hangs over the department of defense and the entire u.s. government. i've got to use this opportunity to express again my greatest concern as secretary, and frankly, one of the greatest security risks we're now facing as a anyway that this budget uncertainty could prompt the most significant readiness military readiness crisis in more than a decade. the department of defense faces the prospect of sequestration on march 1st. if congress fails to, sequestration is triggered. and if we also must operate under a year-long continuing resolution, we would be faced with having to take about 46-plus billion dollars out
as i said going forward, we intend to adapt the security environment, to ensure that we're better positioned and prepared to support the department of state, in securing our facilities around the world. but in order to be able to effectively protect the american and our interests abroad, at time type instability, we must have an agile and ready force, able to quickly respond, and above all, and forgive me for being repetitious -- we have got to end the cloud of budget uncertainty that hangs...
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the point i would like to make is that in establishing ott, tom created an environment built around using serious and objective and economical analysis to inform that indications policymaking functions at a critical time in american history took place. a junction where we would continue the communications and embrace our more traditional reliance on open entry in the competitive free enterprise system. at that important juncture, it was a division that lend themselves to technical and economic analyses, if you will. in the case of open skies, there were enough parking spaces to accommodate competitive entry also. they were not enough parking spot, but likewise committee argued that the propelling economies or scale for natural monopoly characteristics associated with the network and it would make competitive entry inefficient or unwise from a public policy perspective. a similar question and other crucial areas, such as the innovations market and the satellite mobile radio field, as i would look around the audience, i see so many people that were involved and played key roles in these stu
the point i would like to make is that in establishing ott, tom created an environment built around using serious and objective and economical analysis to inform that indications policymaking functions at a critical time in american history took place. a junction where we would continue the communications and embrace our more traditional reliance on open entry in the competitive free enterprise system. at that important juncture, it was a division that lend themselves to technical and economic...
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we must have an environment where u.s. headquartered companies can't compete effectively on a global basis because that's where 95% of the world's population is. so my conclusion investing in basic research and our universities has been critical to america's success over the past fifty years, and i believe it will be more important going forward. and i'm happy to answer any questions. >> thank you mr. templeton. dr. jackson? >> chairman smith, ranking member, and distinguished member of the committee. thank you for the opportunity testify before you on american competitiveness. the role of research and development. i have to say that -- the politic knick institute graduates have been a part of america's policy through discovery and innovation since the university was founded in 1824. more importantly, americans held prosperity, security and global leadership depend upon our strength as you have heard in science and technology. our investment in scientific research and education have made a difference in people's lives. let
we must have an environment where u.s. headquartered companies can't compete effectively on a global basis because that's where 95% of the world's population is. so my conclusion investing in basic research and our universities has been critical to america's success over the past fifty years, and i believe it will be more important going forward. and i'm happy to answer any questions. >> thank you mr. templeton. dr. jackson? >> chairman smith, ranking member, and distinguished...
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now we are developing alternative ways to conduct oversight in afghanistan's evolving security environment. for example we have local nationals on our staff who are not subject to the same security restrictions that our american employees are. in some cases we may have to rely on them. we are also exploring the use of geospatial imaging and finally we will continue to cooperate and work with our other inspector general's offices to see if we can combine our activities are come up with the best practices to do oversight. these tools are helpful but they are not perfect. the golden standard, the gold standard i should say on oversight is a u.s. government employee who is trained to do oversight going out and inspecting a site and kicking the tires. but unfortunaunfortuna tely they may not be able to do that for very much longer in afghanistan. i am particularly grateful to ambassador cunningham and general allen for their continued expressions of support for our work. both promise me during my latest visit that they would ensure that our people would be able to access the same locations that
now we are developing alternative ways to conduct oversight in afghanistan's evolving security environment. for example we have local nationals on our staff who are not subject to the same security restrictions that our american employees are. in some cases we may have to rely on them. we are also exploring the use of geospatial imaging and finally we will continue to cooperate and work with our other inspector general's offices to see if we can combine our activities are come up with the best...